This by-election covers the extraordinary vacancy for one Tauranga City councillor elected at-large.
The vacancy has arisen from the recent death of Councillor Gail McIntosh.
There are 20 candidates running for the position including: MJ Moses, Tony Christiansen, Gillian Cook, Robert Curtis, Rosie Dawson-Hewes, Bill Faulkner, Lester Gray, Murray Guy, Talia Harvey, Yvette Lamare, Zeepra Lemoto, Buddy Mikaere, Sheldon Nesdale, Douglas Owens, Anne Pankhurst, Andrew Ragg, John Robson, Peter Stanley, David Tank and Mark Wassung.
Also we are being asked in a non-binding referendum to vote if we want a museum and if you do, your preference on where you would like it, either on Cliff Road or Willow Street
The by-election will be conducted by postal voting using the First Past the Post (FPP) voting system.
You can vote by post or in person at the TCC Customer Contact Centre, 91 Willow Street or at your local library up until Tuesday May 1, 2018 at 12 noon. Preliminary results to be available in the afternoon on May 1.
Salaries for members of Tauranga City Council from July 1, 2017 as set by the Remuneration Authority for a councillor position is $72,155 per annum. The winner will be sworn in on Monday, May 7, 2018.
The full job description of the at-large councillor role is available through the Electoral office.
The Electoral Officer for this by-election is Warwick Lampp. Warwick is based in Tauranga and works for election management company electionz.com Ltd, phone 0800 666 928 or 021 498 517, email iro@electionz.com
The Deputy Electoral Officer for this by-election is Kirsty Downey. Kirsty is the general manager, Chief Executive Group at the council and can be contacted on 027 839 1531 or email kirsty.downey@tauranga.govt.nz
If you love our city, make your voice heard and vote today!
2 comments
Just to note....
Posted on 21-04-2018 10:03 | By groutby
...that not all candidates were able to attend the (very useful) debate on Thursday, and it would be worthwhile checking out all candidates before voting...
So the Council doewhat it wants..
Posted on 21-04-2018 13:20 | By local yokel
The Council also want a referendum about the museum but they only give two choices for the location. Willow Street or Cliff Road. The Tauranga City Centre already parking problems and these sites will one cause more. If the residents of Tauranga do want a Museum let them chose the best site for it because this Council wont. They are only interested in trying to revive the city centre which they are slowly killing off.
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